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Racers Events
4, 5, &6 are complete. We had a great time at Mojave California
running the Mojave Magnum. We had five participants this year for the
two day event. MKM Racing was the organizer with Mike and Marsha Borders,
our own LVCA club members, being the M and K of MKM. This was Pat Russell's
first time on the Magnum and he had a terrific time along with yours
truly, Ken Rees, Mike Kerro and Jerry Cline. This was a three event
weekend for RE and we all competed in the one mile event combo for the
two days and each single day we were scored on the mile and one half.
MKM was able to give us a speed for the half mile, one mile and mile
and one half in each run. Each event is based upon the closest two runs
on you selected index in 5 mile per hour increments. Sounds easy until
you try to hold or correct your speed when you are approaching 180 to
200 MPH. We had a cross wind all day Saturday, so the wind was no help
with the speeds. On Sunday was a different story with at least a 15
to 18 MPH tail wind. Cars got faster quickly.
Saturdays RE event # 4 mile and one half winner was Jerry Cline who
had .9 MPH variance on a 175 MPH index. Sundays RE event #4 winner on
the mile and one half was Ken Rees who had a .19 variance on a 190 MPH
index. Our one mile combo winner for RE #6 was Ken Rees, who had a .1
mph variance on a 180 MPH index.
Top speed for the mile and one half was yours truly at 205.0 MPH, and
I did it on Saturday in the cross wind. No nitrous oxide for me on Sunday
or I would have been in low orbit and promptly marched off the runway:.
Any faster and I would have broken Tech and would have been disqualified.
Ken Rees was next with a 197.8 MPH, , Jerry Cline ran 188.4 MPH, Mike
Kerro was next, but I do not know his final top speed, and Pat Russell
ran a very respectful 182.8. Jerry's C-6 Z-06 was completely stock while
Pat had an almost stock C-7 that had a different air intake along with
Ken Rees with his C-7 Z-06.
Lanny
Lowman
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